wickes



STOCK GAR.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb. 23,

N. PETERS. Phomwmgrapur. wnmnglm u c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J AMES H. VIGKES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

l STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,776, datedf'ebruary 23,1886. .applis-:tion flied September 24, 1885. Serial No. $18,044. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES I-I. WicnEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-Gars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stock-cars; and it consists in certain improvements in the means employed for watering the animals, and also in the method of ventilation, this invention being essentially an improvement upon the stock-car shown and described in Letters Patent No. 322,536, granted to me and dated July 14, 1885.

The novel and peculiar features in the construction of my car are fully pointed out in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a horizontal section in the plane yy, Fig. 2. Fig. is a longitudinal vertical section in the plane wx, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section in the plane z e, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of one of the clearing-compartments on a larger scale than the preceding ligure, the plane of section being indicated by the lines y y', Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section thereof in the plane fr m', Fig. 4.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the body of my car, in which are formed a series of stalls, B B, each affording room for'one horse.

C O are the doors, which are situated on the opposite sides of the car near the middle of its length, but not directly opposite to each other, and through these doors access is had to the middle compartment, D, which divides the stalls B from the stalls B. The stalls are formed by means of a number of stanchions, a a b b, and partitions c c. The stanchions a a are situated close to one side of the car, but the stanchions b b are at a distance from the opposite side, leaving room foi` the mangers E E', which also allow a person to pass from one end of the car to the other, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. The partitions c c are placed obliquely, as shown in Fig. 1, this oblique position of thezstalls being important, since a horse standing obliquely in the stall is much less liable to be knocked about by su dden movements and shocks of the car than a horse standing at right angles to the side of the car. Each stall is provided with its own feed-trough F or F', and the manger E is common to all stalls B, and the manger E is common to all stalls B. The feed-troughs F F are secured to the stanchions b b. v

On the stanchions a a are secured oblique partitions g g, forming the clearing-Comparo ments G Gone for each stalland in the bottom of these compartments is secured a pipe, f, (best seen in Fig. 4.,) through which the water of the horses is free to discharge, and the said partitions g g stop short of the bottom, or are provided each with a door, which leaves a narrow channel for the water to pass through.

The partitions c c are connected with the stanchions b, by hinged joints c, so that they can be openedto give access to the stalls nearest the eudsof the cars,and are secured to the stanchions a by bolts a', which engage staples c', projecting from the doors, Figs. 4 and 5. In the example shown in the drawings, Figs. 4 and 5, these bolts a are placed in the clearing-compartmcnts G Gv', and are vertically guided by cross-pieces g in the said clearingdepartments, and the shank of each bolt is provided with prongs, which engage with the staples c of the doors, which extend through holes in the stanchions a.

The rst two or three partitions c on each side of the entrance-compartment D are made each in three transverse sections, hinged to each other, so that the saine can be folded together and swung backward about their hinges e, in order to give access to the succeeding stalls, while they also are out of thc way of entrance to the car. These partitions c can be made to swing each alternately from an oppositestanchion, which could be also done with the remaining partitions, if found desirable.

In the spacebetween the last of the stalls B and the end `of the car is placed a water-tank, H, with a door, h, in its top, through which it can be filled.

At or near the center of the car, preferably beneath the manger E. is placed a water-well, H', which is connected with the bottom of the water-tank H by a pipe, h', which is located i l l t beneath the bottom of the ear. The supply of Water to this well H from the tank Hy is controlled by a valve, h2, Fig. 2, situated in the tank H, the said valve being continually surrounded by Water, so as to prevent freezing, and an overflow-pipe, ha, leading from the waterwvell, prevents the overilow of water. The valve h2 is operated by means of a rod which extends upward above the tank. This water-well is easily accessible to the attendant, and the distribution oi' water to the horses is greatly facilitated thereby.

-In the space between the last ot' the stalls B and the end of the car is placed a feed-box, I, intended to receive oats or other solid food for the animals in the car. A door, i, in the top of this box gives access to the same. On this box may be placed a bed for the person attending the animals. rlhis attendant can pass through the manger E to the entrancecompartment, and thence through the manger E' to the opposite end of the car. (See Fig.l.)

The car can be provided with kicking ropes or beams, to prevent the animals from kicking, as described in my previously-mentioned patent; or each stall can be provided with the independent kicking beam shown and described in Letters Patent No. 324,624, granted tome August 18, 1885.

The ventilation of the car is eiiected by means of shutters S, Figs. 2 and 3, which are hinged to the roof and operated by means of their connection with a shaft, S', extending the length of the car, and provided at suitable intervals with arms s, which can be turned by hand. The shutters are connected with the shaft S' by a lever, s', which is secured at one end t0 the shaft, and engages guide-rails s on the shutter S, Fig. 3. The interior of the car is brought into communication with the exterior atmosphere by air-channels t, which extend laterally, Fig. 8, and communicate through "greens T with the open iair. Vhen the shutters S are opened, therefore, the foul air from the interior of the car is fiee to escape.

To further ventilate the car,additional sh u tters, S2, can be located in the sides of the car, which shutters slide in guide-grooves formed in the sides of the car.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the oblique stalls B B' and the entrance-compartment intermediate between the said stalls, of the watertank H in one end of the car, the water-well H in the center, connected with the tank, and the feedbox` I in the opposite end of the ear, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a stock-car having the clearing -compartments G G', stanchions a and b, and oblique partitions c, hinged to the latter stanehions, of bolts a', slidable within the said clearing-conipartnicnts, for engaging the free end of the oblique partitions, substantially as described.

3. The coinbinatiomwith a stoclccar having the clcaring-compartments G G' and stanchions a and b, of the oblique partitions c, hinged to the latter stanchions and provided with staples c', extending through apertures in the stancliions a, and the verticallysliding bolts a', located in the clearing-compartments and provided with prongs to engage said staples, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the clearing-departments, of the oblique partitions hinged at one end to the stanchions, the partitions c, folding transversely, and the bolts in the clearing-compartments for locking the partitions, 'substantially as shown and described.

5. In a stock-car, the obliquo hinged parti tions c, in combination with the partitions 0*, each composed of several sections hinged to each other, substantially as shown and described.

6.. The combination, with the oblique stalls B B' and the middle compartment, D, inter mediate between said stalls, ot' the manger E, common to all stalls B, the manger E', common to all stalls B', the water-tank H in one end of the car, and. the water-well II' near the center of the car, connected with the tank, substantially as shown and described.

7.. The combination, with the oblique stalls B B' and the entrance-compartment D, of the manger E, common to all the stalls B, the manger E", common to all the stalls B', the wateretank H, the water-well H', connected with the tank, the feed-troughs F F', one for each stall, and the feed-box I, substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination, with the stalls B B' and the entrance-compartment between the said stalls, of the water-tank H in one end of the car, the Water-well H'in the center, connected with the tank, and feed-box I in the opposite end of the car, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAHES H. IVIC/KES.

llyitiiesses:

A. FABER nu` Flinn, Jr., E. F. KIs'rnNHUBnR. 

